How the Democrats Lost Their Base—and
Knew It All Along
Posted By: Dreadnought, 11/27/2024 12:21:56 AM
It’s one thing to lose an election; it’s another to lose your identity. The Democratic Party in 2024 faced both these crises, culminating in Kamala Harris’s defeat to Donald Trump. But the real story isn’t just the loss itself—it’s the timeline. The Democrats didn’t simply wake up to a red wave on election night. They saw it coming, months—if not years—before the polls closed. The warning signs were blaring, yet their response was tepid, constrained by internal contradictions and a miscalculation of their own base’s discontent. For decades, Democrats relied on their coalition of diverse, working-class, and young voters to carry elections. However,
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Now, as the president-elect puts forth names for his Cabinet, those people and their families are being targeted with death threats. Disgusting.
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I'm not the only one who sees this video and thinks, "Is she drunk?"
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And the Crowd Goes Wild!
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The Real Danger to Democracy—Trump Cabinet
Nominees Face Death Threats, Bomb Scares, Swatting 13 replies
Nominees Face Death Threats, Bomb Scares, Swatting 13 replies
We've been hearing for years now how Donald Trump and his supporters are violent, white supremacist "dangers to democracy." Yet it was the former and future president who took a bullet to the ear in a barely failed assassination attempt in July, followed by a second shooter camped out on his golf course waiting to kill him in September.
Now, as the president-elect puts forth names for his Cabinet, those people and their families are being targeted with death threats. Disgusting.
The Trump-Vance Transition Team described what's been happening in a Wednesday morning email:
Cable news network MSNBC claims it was blindsided to learn that a non-profit founded by longtime on-air personality the Rev. Al Sharpton received half a million dollars from Kamala Harris' campaign just before he interviewed her.
The donations that flowed in just before the New York activist's conversation with Harris have brought up questions about the news outlet's credibility.
The National Action Network, a civil rights non-profit that was founded by Sharpton in 1991, received $500,000 from the Harris campaign just weeks before the MSNBC host conducted a highly-anticipated sit-down with the Democrat.
Campaign finance records from the 60-year-old's campaign reveal that two separate payments went to National Action Network.